GREEN LABEL FOODS LTD.
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Cash
£462k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£36m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
519
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.6m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £169,824,642 | £185,487,101 | £165,242,952 | — | |
| Operating profit | £9,975,966 | £12,142,159 | £6,986,861 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £15,197,833 | £11,743,031 | £6,587,013 | — | |
| Net profit | £13,041,314 | £8,749,358 | £4,249,865 | — | |
| Cash | £3,713,599 | £449,222 | £462,085 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,429,364 | £36,235,073 | £39,945,766 | — | |
| Net assets | £34,190,305 | £32,139,663 | £36,389,528 | — | |
| Equity | £34,190,305 | £32,139,663 | £36,389,528 | — | |
| Average employees | 456 | 486 | 519 | — | |
| Wages | £16,379,850 | £19,065,438 | £21,352,124 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £836,665 | £927,046 | £5,475,829 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 10 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 6.5% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 4.7% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.7% | 33.5% | 17.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.4% | 35.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.21x | 2.03x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 12.99x | 30.13x | 17.36x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the Directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. They therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Green Label Group formed a partnership with LDC International, with LDC purchasing a majority shareholding in the parent company, Green Label Holdings Ltd.”
- “The Company changed its year end to 31 December to align with the LDC Group reporting, resulting in these accounts covering a ten month period.”
- “In August 2025, fellow subsidiary company Green Label Poultry Ltd, purchased the assets and stock of Shoby Poultry Ltd and S&L Hatcheries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAFON, Bruno | Director | 2025-12-02 | May 1972 | French |
| MORLEY, Christopher David | Director | 2019-12-13 | Dec 1965 | British |
| WOODGER, Daniel Ryan Robert | Director | 2025-12-02 | Jul 1995 | British |
| WRIGHT, Joanne Michelle | Director | 2021-07-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Secretary | 1999-04-09 | 2025-12-02 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-04-09 | 1999-04-09 |
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2025-12-02 |
| BUCHANAN, William Edwin | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2025-12-02 |
| HARLEY, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2018-05-24 | 2025-12-02 |
| SMITH, Raymond | Director | 2016-05-06 | 2018-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Label Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-01 | Active |
| Mr William Edwin Buchanan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-01 |
| Mr Geoffrey Maurice Buchanan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.